--- title: In his way thither, he was obliged to cross a river, and pulling off… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: In his way thither, he was obliged to cross a river, and pulling off his shoes and stockings, while he was passing over he observed several pretty fish bobbing against his feet; so he caught some and put them into his pocket. Who acts: Jack, several fish. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Jack, several fish), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg14241:33:133 # text = In his way thither, he was obliged to cross a river, and pulling off his shoes and stockings, while he was passing over he observed several pretty fish bobbing against his feet; so he caught some and put them into his pocket. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 thither thither ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 16 off off ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 stockings stocking NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 while while SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 conj _ _ 26 over over SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 observed observe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 bobbing bob VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 acl _ _ 33 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 40 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 pocket pocket NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | past · passive | | Jack | | Jack's way | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive | | a river | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Patient | | 3 | **pull off** | gerund | | Jack's shoes and stockings | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality | | 4 | **pass** | past · progressive | Jack | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **observe** | past | Jack | several fish | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fish=Topic | | 6 | **bob** | gerund | several fish *not said here* | | | Jack's feet | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against foot=Location | | 7 | **catch** | past | Jack | some | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 8 | **put** | infinitive | Jack *not said here* | fish | | Jack's pocket | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/134/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)